“I'm really enjoying exploring this
app. Just scratching the surface right now. Looking
forward to whatever is in the works for it, but it already is very usable.
Great work Stuart! I hope enough people get on board to make it worthwhile for
you, it really is worth it.”

HOW TO
RESTORE STEREO MIX ON WINDOWS – VIRTUAL AUDIO STREAMING

Since Windows 7 came out you can no longer record ‘what u hear’ on a pc.
This is the ‘Stereo Mix’ problem. This feature has been a great loss to many people especially those who record their own music at
home and use windows 7/8/8.1.Using
recording software such as Sonar, Cubase,Audacity or Cantibile
you need a way of picking up the digital signal from virtual instruments.I have found a great solution from http://www.virtualaudiostreaming.net/

The software creates a virtual sound card which restores the ‘stereo mix’
or wave record function to the pc with very small latency!I have found this software to be excellent
and superior to two others I have tried.Its interface is very intuitive and the software is easy to
install.A trial version is available on
the website.This solution is a lot
cheaper than replacing your sound card.

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THE SH-1000 virtual synth pays homage to the
Roland SH-1000 synth first sold in 1973 and which was Rolands first synth.Its successor was the SH-2000, but that was designed to be more of a
preset instrument with far less flexibility.The SH-1000 was used by Blondie, The Band, JethrowTull, The Human League and Eddie Johnson (Roxy Music)
as well as many others. This was also the first synth I owned.

This version is available as a
standalone .exe or as a windows vsti.This version is polyphonic, has a mixer for
all the wave forms and can save settings.The original was not programmable.There arefactory sounds preloaded in the synth courtesy of Yoa – see links below - in the 64 available program slots
in each program bank. Programs/banks can be saved as text files or as fxp/fxb files using the host
program for vsti. There is a pitch bend wheel instead
of a glide button plus loads of improvements.The synth can be set up exactly as the original, a monophonic synth or
the user can use the extra enhanced features.

The software is either a windows standalone program or a VSTi and costs £20
sterling.

BLUE SYNTH PM – FREE. It is a phase modulation virtual synthesizer. It can produce lush pads or
powerful leads. It is available either as a standalone application or as
VSTi for using in a host application such as Sonar, Cubase, Ambleton
etc.

There are
two oscillators to create the carrier waves which can both be phase modulated
by a sine wave. You can choose the carrier waveform and apply an attack,
decay, sustain and release envelope whose amount can be adjusted. The Freq PM
knobs control the phase modulation frequency, 0 is no modulation 1 is full
modulation at half sampling rate. Oscillator 2 can be detuned. The output
can be fed through two filter banks with cutoff,
resonance and track as well as ADSRs’ affecting the filters. Programs can
be saved.There are 10 factory sounds preloaded in the synth courtesy of Yoa out of the 20 available program slots in each program
bank. Programs/banks can be saved as text files or as fxp/fxb files using the host program for vsti. Please
set midi and audio preferences in standalone version first.In the VSTi the
host settings fixes these parameters.The download is free. All I ask is for feedback and ideas for additions
or modifications.Also additional
programs/banks welcome.I will host on
my site.

VIOLET SYNTHis an advanced version of the Blue
Synth.It has an additional oscillator
(OSC 3) which can be detuned.As well as
a ping pong delay and stereo chorus / flanger in the
effects section connected in series to the main stereo output to really thicken
the sound and produce a three dimensional soundscape.A Pitch Bend wheel has also been added. A
‘panic button’ has also been added to stop all audio if the user needs to stop
the sound quickly. There is also an inbuilt midi recorder and a low frequency
oscillator. The software either windows stand alone or VSTi
costs £20 sterling.In the demo vsti version a sporadic noise has been added.

The most
common problem with stand alone synths or hosts is
being unable to access the sound drivers.You will get an error message to this effect. This is normally caused by
the legacy windows software Microsoft GS synth taking over the sound drivers
for its sole use.To prevent this
problem left click on your speaker icon bottom right of windows.Click playback device – click speakers, properties,
advanced.Uncheck ‘allow applications to
make exclusive use of this device’.Also
uncheck ‘Give exclusive mode application priority’.This will enable the use of the sound
drivers.

PURCHASING

The software
will be e-mailed to the purchaser once payment is cleared.